What was the point of Luck? Was it to provide an up-close look into the lives of the railhounds, the scheming gangsters and thugs, the tortured trainers, the simpering water-carriers, the diminutive jockey giants... read more

Last week, the brief life of Luck ended amidst the controversy of a third euthanized horse during production on the second season. HBO canceled this ambitious show for any number of reasons, not least... read more

News broke late yesterday that HBO is cancelling Luck. Just weeks after renewing the somewhat low-rated, modestly celebrated, difficult, fascinating horseracing drama for a second season, production has halted. We've been recapping the show... read more

Watching Luck with open ears is important. The dialogue is a wrinkly, churning thing. Sometimes you may need to rewind a scene to grasp intent. Occasionally, you'll need to turn to Google. Attuning to... read more

No one likes each other on Luck. Not friends. Not lovers. Not lifelong business associates. Not even themselves. There's a swarming rancor and aggression that pervades David Milch and Michael Mann's show. That might... read more

Ostensibly, a show about horse racing is going to spotlight some, you know, horses. To this point, Luck hasn't been shy about showing us Gettin'up Morning's greatness, son of Delphi and squire of Walter... read more

Dennis Farina doesn't have time for the bullshit. A working actor for more than 30 years, the former police officer and typecast tough guy is among the very best parts of HBO's horse racing... read more

There was a sequence on tonight's episode of Luck that no other show could pull off, the kind so pompous, yet so beautiful and ambitious, it lets you forgive the impenetrable chatter and lurching... read more